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Hunton Andrews Kurth

United States (National)

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Dispute resolution
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Hunton Andrews Kurth is a global law firm with over 900 lawyers handling a range of complex transactional, litigation, and regulatory matters for clients in many industries, including energy, financial services, real estate, retail and consumer products, and technology. With offices across the US and in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, the firm is aligned with clients’ businesses and committed to delivering exceptional service. Our full-service litigation practice is one of the largest in the country, with particular depth in key litigation markets such as Texas, California, New York, Florida, and Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic.

Since its founding more than 100 years ago, Hunton Andrews Kurth has been a business-focused firm, an approach we continue in today’s litigation-focused climate. Our team of more than 400 litigators draw upon decades of experience to handle all aspects of disputes with the goal of achieving successful results whether in a courtroom or the boardroom.

Our skilled litigators focus on strategy from the outset and develop individualized litigation plans that are comprehensive in scope, mindful of each client’s business and legal goals, and aligned with client needs. We aggressively and efficiently represent clients at different phases of their corporate life cycles. Whether advising a start-up in patent litigation or a Fortune 100 company in a bet-the-company class action, we apply the same principles of client-focused representation to achieve the desired result.

Litigation Overview: Hunton Andrews Kurth has a top global litigation team, having litigated and/or arbitrated in all 50 states and many foreign countries. We often serve as national or worldwide coordinating counsel. Our diverse team has the collective knowledge, skill, and experience to help businesses identify and manage risks, respond to existing or threatened litigation, and pursue resolution in any venue. Hunton Andrews Kurth attorneys are admitted to the American College of Trial Lawyers and ranked by publications such as Chambers USA, Legal 500, and Benchmark Litigation, and the firm is named one of the “most feared firms in litigation” by BTI.

We handle litigation matters in the energy, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, food, hospitality, consumer products, and retail industries, tailoring strategy on a case-by-case basis. Our commercial litigation docket includes class action defense, commercial contract issues, white collar defense, administrative matters, cybersecurity and privacy investigations, and appeals in state and federal courts. We represent corporations and other entities across a broad range of complex matters – from providing advice and counsel about business disputes and torts to civil litigation, trial, and appeal. We are often engaged in “bet-the-company” cases, multidistrict litigation, and coordinated state law proceedings. Our lawyers have the experience to handle cases that involve multiple adversaries in courts across the nation and abroad.

In addition, the firm’s environmental team, with more than 45 environmental attorneys and scientists, many of whom are former DOJ attorneys and senior regulatory agency officials, handles high-profile environmental litigation matters. These include enforcement defense, permit litigation, and challenges to environmental regulatory programs before federal district and appeals courts and the US Supreme Court, addressing issues of nationwide significance.


Updated Aug 2024

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Dispute Resolution
Hunton Andrews Kurth’s national litigation practice is distinguished by precedent-setting appellate victories, sophisticated environmental disputes and high-stakes privacy matters. Its strongest teams pair deep industry knowledge with disciplined strategies that reduce exposure and influence developing law.

Richmond partner Elbert Lin is a key figure in the appellate practice. In King v. Navy Federal Credit Union, Lin supported by Los Angeles partner Jason Kim preserved the dismissal of a putative class action. The Ninth Circuit’s unanimous published opinion gave federal credit unions significant protection against state-law challenges to account fees. Lin also led KLEO AG v. Rivada Networks, securing a partial reversal that revived the client’s defamation claim and clarified the DC Circuit’s pleading standard for special damages.

The Richmond team achieved another substantial appellate victory through Michael Shebelskie. In Center for Excellence in Higher Education v. Accreditation Alliance, Shebelskie helped defeat a challenge involving a claimed $200 million in damages. The Fourth Circuit affirmed judgment for the client and adopted an “impermissible collateral attack” rule governing attempts to circumvent the Federal Arbitration Act.

The environmental practice has also produced decisions with national implications. San Francisco partner Shannon Broome and Richmond partner Cassandra “Sandy” Collins secured dismissal of Baltimore’s climate-change nuisance claims against Marathon Petroleum and Speedway, which Maryland’s highest court later affirmed. The ruling reinforced federal preemption and restricted municipal efforts to regulate global emissions through state tort law. The pair also obtained Marathon Petroleum’s complete voluntary dismissal from the Honolulu and Maui climate cases through targeted personal-jurisdiction challenges.
In privacy litigation, Los Angeles partner Ann Marie Mortimer achieved a controlled $3.5 million settlement for Flurry in the closely watched Frasco v. Flo Health class action. She also represented MGM Resorts International in data-breach litigation culminating in final approval of a $45 million settlement, demonstrating considerable experience in prominent, high-volume cyber disputes.

The firm draws strength from offices across the country. Richmond provides appellate depth; Washington, DC adds antitrust and consumer-protection capability through partners including Neil Gilman, Leslie Kostyshak and Wendell Taylor; Los Angeles contributes privacy and commercial-litigation experience through Mortimer and Kim; San Francisco anchors major environmental disputes through Broome; and Boston partner Christopher Cunio, working with Kostyshak, secured dismissal of a consumer “greenwashing” action against Eversource Energy.

Hunton Andrews Kurth combines sophisticated advocacy with a strong understanding of regulated industries. The firm's leading partners consistently secure results that extend beyond the immediate dispute by eliminating substantial exposure, creating valuable precedent and strengthening clients’ positions in developing areas of law.

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